UK Lawmaker Expelled From Party After Being Handed Jail Term for Harassing Woman

Labour MP Claudia Webbe (L) arrives with her partner Lester Thomas at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Nov. 4, 2021.Leon Neal/Getty Images

A British member of Parliament has been given a suspended jail sentence on Thursday for harassing her partner’s friend. She was subsequently expelled from the Labour Party.

Claudia Webbe, 56, was given a 10-week sentence—suspended for two years—and 200 hours of community service at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.